Showing posts with label HackerSpace Rising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HackerSpace Rising. Show all posts

Friday, June 28, 2013

Forward Progression

Sorry for the lackluster title of this post. 

Actually. No, I'm not. I'm unapologetically OWNING that boring title. And I'm going to make it perfectly awesome. 

Things are moving forward. I think. Could be wrong. Sometimes the wooosh of life swarming past you is really you missing reality. But I'm going to be optimistic and say we've got some forward progression.

Today I'm getting the LLC registered. The web domain will be purchased soon and the first seminar will be slated for August 10. I'm getting contacts in CA, CO, NY, and FL hacker spaces. I'm collecting people to interview for HackerSpace Rising. I'm contacting the media to spread the word. And I found an awesome band I want to help support and have play at our networking gigs. 

I'm going to be getting back with my contractors and consultants about contractual agreements. Late July I can see about starting the process to get IQCO classes started in local areas. 

And then we can grow. 

My contractors can get more work eventually once we start to expand. With few exceptions, I have more interested people than I have jobs for right now. Which is a blessing and a curse. I'm a sole proprietorship right now. An LLC. I don't have 9 co-founders. I am a single founder drudging through legal jargon to make it so my company can function. 

And I have a lot of home-chefs in the kitchen. Many hands can make light work but they can also cause huge amounts of confusion. I need to be better at delegating tasks, sure. Every boss needs to. They are the leaders of their organization. This is why I want to keep IQCO as a sole prop for a while. I only want my own neck on the line. I will pay my workers, but if things don't pan out I don't want ten people to have debt and a shot credit score. 

But, thinking positively. Things are trucking along. I have a niche market and an interested audience. This can work. 

Cheers, everybody. 

-IQCO MGMT

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Like Nike (Just Do It)

So there is a point where you just need to take the plunge and do something and hope it works or for the best. 

I decided yesterday that it was time to have an event for iqco. So I am now planning a seminar and networking opportunity for alternative routes of education. 

I also just contacted the local newspaper to see if they would new interested in covering the story. Haven't heard back yet. Also said I was working on a book, HackerHouse Rising. 

Hmm. Maybe I should work on that book... A story of misfits. A story of us. 

But yeah, just try something you never thought would work. Just try it. The universe may just throw you a bone for your efforts.